Apparatus for embossing and coloring or painting lincrusta or like material.



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APPARATUS PUR MBOSSING AND COLORING 0R PAINTING LINGB'TSTA 0B. LIKE MATERIAL. Buronzo! nu :un an, 1m.

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i-Ill PATENTE SEPT. a, 190s.

I'. WALTON. AND GGLORIN G 0R PAINTING LINGRUSTA.

0R LIKE MATERIAL.

IPLIULTIOI FILED JULY 22, 19M.

APMRATUS Pon mnsossme Y WWW' 2 BHEETS-SKEBT 2.

Umrnn STATES* P'TENT )I. FICE FREDERICK muros, or Lornos, murrine.

AEPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND COLORING 0R MATERIAL.

To all whom "it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnsnxorr Villarroel,` a subject of the King of Great- Britain, residing; M3114 llolborn, in the county of London, England, engineer, have invented .A1--

)arntus for EmbossinD and Coloring or aint-ing Linex-usteor 'e Mu .erial, of which the following is a specification.

T his invention has for reference to an iinproved apparatus for embossing and coloring or painting line'rustn or like material and has for its chief object to ena-ble the lincrustn or like mute-rial to be embossed and painted in a continuous manner by mechanical means, so that the expenditure ol' time and labor that has hitherto been entailed when paint-- ingihe liner-oste by hand will be avoided.

v According to my invention the ingredients from which the. lincmsta or like material is composed, are supplied to a suitable backing which together with the said linerusta com position is subjected to heat and pressure during its travel, so as to obtain u sheet of the desired thickness. The said sheet of linerusu. or like material is next embossed with the desired pattern, preierablj,I by means of rollers, and is then acted upon by the ininting vdevices which apply paint of t e required color or shadet-o the re( uisiie parts of the embossed pattern. The dnerustn or like motel-inl thus embossed and painted is, aft-er becoming dry, wound into o roll and needs no further treatment prior to use. The said pointing devices are preferably in the form of rollers arranged in one or more pairs :recording to the number of colors or tints that, are to be applied to the embossed material. Each pair of the painting rollers preferably comprises .-1 hard plain roller and a eoiunnrutively soity roller which lutter is ormedwith a ine-simile ot the embossed pattern or the parts thereof tlxe': nre to be pointed with the. purlieulnr color orshnde that. is to be applied to the material.' 'lhisl roller l term :i composition piittern'roller. These com iosiion pattern rollers muy be' mode by to ving o. plaster enst, of the pattern i on the embossing roller, 'said cust being made m several segments and formed nto :1 mold into which prmier's ri ller-romposxt1on muy he poured, thus obtaining u composition' roller of the sume diameter :1s the embossing roller und bearing on its surface a fue-simile of the pattern of said embossing roller. Havi ing thus obnined a number of such enml Speceaon of Letters Patent.

Application tiled July 22, 1904. Serial No. 217,710.

Pennine rlmerms'rr. on min;

lIlFarlented Sept.. 8, position pattern rollers, corresponding uith the number o colors or shades the hnerusts or like material 1s to possess :n :is finished condition, I then take euch of said composition pattern rollers and remove from their surface that portion of lthe, pattern which isnot required to be painted by that particule; roller.

The peint of the desired r-olor or tint. is suplied to the aforesaid pairs of painting rollers y any suitable paint supplying contriv; smoes; thus each parir of pointing rollers is adapted to apply a. different. color to the pattern of the embossed linerusta. or like material and as each eomposiion pattern-roller has a poriion of the pattern removed utdifferent pluees in accordance with the parts of the pattern that. that articular roller is noi. required to paint, on y the raised portions thereof (i. e. the portions that have no?. been removed) will be caused to paint the lincmsto. or hke material. Different colors will thus be applied to diliereni i firts of the putftern as the embossed meteriatl passes between the viirious rollers. In the ease where it is. desired te :1 ply paint of oni),vone color to tlv` liner-usla orilike nurteriul, it. muy he found un necessary to out away u part of the pattern i surfeee f rom .fhe oomposilion parten roller, although this will ol' course depend upon `wl1ether the whole or only u port ol' the einbossed surfzif'e of the lim-ruste or like muterial is to be pointe-d.

In the accompanying drawings l have illustrated one form of inw-.bine suilnble for earlring my invention into praetiee l`igure 1 being :i .side elevation, und Fig. 2 an lend view. Fig. :iis nu end elevation, und Fig. l o plon of the oontrivrmee for supplying the paint or Color to the pointing rollers.

A is the embossing port of the nmehin 'which has a'ste'zini heated plate l over wisirh thelinrrusrn barking posses 'from n roll (Igsuidbielii greng-lzingsuid plnhjl "lrmeling `"ei' s. rr r i) und lnlween giri-'l rollers E. E. "llie 'niileifi l composed is supplied )'tl ie`lmrl;in;`g in any eoni'enient' manner ns 'said 'boeking posses over the heied plete Bj 'l'he'luwliing und iis linernsm unite-rin!" theu` triive bei'we'err pressure rollers' F"l wherehj." i sheet rifth desired thick-ni is'obteined. The rollers F F" :1re supported by' shafts FQF which rotate in bearings F2 l?? and receive their mo-V tion from spurgeoringor other appropriate mechanism. The bearings F? of the upper roller F are carried in vertically adjusts le blocks F, provided with screw rods or spin# dles F havm handles F5. The said adjust-- B work in guides formed in the u right framework A of themachie and'. t us enablethe pressure that the rollers F FX* able blocks eicrt'upon the lincrusta as it passes between them, to b e ad'usted.v vThe lincrusta and its o backing after leaving the pressure rollers F A FX ass between the embcssin roller G and the ower roller F", whereby t e pattern on the 'embossing roller is applied to the lin- 'crusta. Y The embossing roller is su ported in suitable `bearings G which are adjustable v-to end fro with respect to the roller Fx by means of screw rods or s indles G working in bearins carried by brac ets A* vof the framework o the machine. G are handles on the said screw rods for actuating them and thus adjusting the distance between' the emboss-v mg roller and the roller Fxaccording to reuirements. From the embossing roller G t e embossed lincrusta and its backing ass 25 to the pairs of painting rollers E H of w 'ch' V315 force with which the lincrusta will be pressed against the composition pattern rollers H.

Above the ro ers H are arranged the contnvances for supplying.r the paint or color thereto. In the example illustrated each of 40 said contrivances' comprises a'com osition roller I and two metallic rollers I' Iz ying in contact with the said-composition roller I. The metallic roller l also lies in contact with the composition pattern roller H and serves to convey the paint or color thereto from the roller I said aint or color being supplied to the rollers I in any convenient and well known manner. The rollers I are provided with mechanism for causing them to move longitudinally and rub against the surface of the rollers I to distribute the aint thereon. For this purpose the axles o the rollers I may have a gmovcd drum or cam I (see Fig. 4) with which alixed pin orl projection I engages, so that as the said roller revolves it will also more longitudinally. The ernbossed and painted lincrusta as it leaves the :linal painting rollers, is guided by rodsV or rollers J J carried by an upright J to a reel J upon which it is wound; this reel is mounted ill-bearings in an upright A of the `framework of the machine. For winding the lincrusta on the reel au suitable means may be used, such as a slaci rope K surrounding one of the main rollers said rollers wcul and capable of slipping as the r'ecl grows in diameter. It is, iowever, not desirable in practice to Wind up the newly printed material into the forni of a roll as the lincrustar in such case is apt to smudge and set ol. This disadvantage may be avoided by leaving the wetmaterial on a hanging stove such as is used in ordinary linoleum printing and let it remain there until dry, after which it may be wound u on a reel.

The a oresaid composition pattern rollers H are ofthe same diameter as the embossing roller Gand are so geared with the latter as to revolve at the same surface speed thereof.'

thus insuring that the portions of the pattern that the said rollers H bear shall properly reg ister -vith those portions of the pattern cmbossed on the lincrusta b the roller G, andv that are to be painted b t ie respective painting rollers as the sai embossed lincrusta reaches each pair of them.

- From what has already been stated above with respect to the production ofthe composition pattern rollers H, it will be readily understood that in the machine illustrated, one of these rollers would bear only the portions of `the embossed pattern that are to be painted or colored, sa blue, while the other of (lbear only the portions of the embossed pattern that required to be painted or colored, say red, the other por- .tions of the pattern in each case having been removed from the surface of said rollers prior totheir being placed in the machine. y

In some cases when the relief of the lincrusta pattern is considerable it may be found desirable to have in each set of paint supply rllers an embossed roller to apply the paint to the composition pattern roller or rollers. This embossed paint-roller may be conveniently constructed by carefully a. plying to the ordina-ry metallic paint-ro lr a piece of the embossed line-rasta. The roller so covered may receive paint from the com. position paint-rollers already described.

In some cases I may arrange two or more composition pattern rollers around one central im ression cylinder or drum, over which rollexs I may fix pant-suppl"ing devices of the kind above described. ne operation in this case is such that the lincrusta, after leaving the embossing roller, will be caused to travel by suitable mechanism around a central impression cylinder or drum and uuwhich a web of backing is caused to travel while it receives the material to be embossed,

a pair of pressure rollers between which said' backing and material pass, painting or colormg devices bearing on their surface a facseaesa simile of the parts of the embossed pattern that are to be painted thereby, means for supplying ,the paint or color to said painting n san devices, and means for insurirg that the patto be painted or colored thereby, means for supplying the paint or color to each pair of series of painting rollers, and means for insuring that the )atterns of the painting terns of the ainti devices re ister with the i rollers reffister wit i the corres )ondiner iat- P ng g s l s l corresponding patterns formed in relie-f by the embossing device substantially as described.

2. kln the manufacture of lincrusta and like embossed material, the combination with an embossing device, of a heated table over which a web of backing is caused to travel while it receives the material to be embossed, a pair of pressure rollers between which said backing and material pass, a pair of painting rollers one of which bears on its surface a fac- Vsimile of the part of the embossed )atterri which is to be painted .or colored thereby means 'for supplying the paint or color to said pair of rollers, and'meansfor insuring that the patterns of the painting rollers register with the corresponding atterns formed in relief by the embossing evice substantially as described.

3. ln the manufacture of lincrusta and like embossed material the combination with an embossing device, of a. heated table over which a web of backing, is caused .to travel while it receives the material to be embossed, a pair of pressure rollers between which said backing and material pass, a plurality of pairs of painting rollers, one rol er of each pair bearmg on its surface a fac-simile of the part of the embossed pattern which is to be painted or colored thereby, means for su plying the paint or color to each pair of said series of painting rollers, and means for insuring that the patterns of the ainting rollers register with the correspon ing patterns formed in relief by the embossing device substantially' as described.

4. In the manufacture of lincrusta and likl embossed material, the combination with an embossing device, of a heated table over which a web of backing is caused to travel while it receives the material to be embossed, a pair of pressure rollers between which said backing and material pass, a plurahty of pairs of painting rollers one roller of each pair being composed of a comparatively soft material and bearing on its surface a fac-simile :of the part of the embossed pattern which is terns formed in relief by the embossing device substantially. as described.

5. In the manufacture of lincrusta and like embossed material, the combination with an embossing device, of a heated table over which a web of backing is caused to travel while it receives the material to be embossed, a pair of pressure rollers between which said backing and material pass, a )lurality of pairsof painting rollers, one ro er of each pair bearing on its surface. a fac-simile of the part-s of the embossed pattern that is to be painted thereby, the said painting roller be mg arranged so that its pattern will register with the corresponding pattern of the material, means for revolving said painting rollers.

at the same surface speed as that of the embossing rollers, and means for supplying the paint or color to each pair of said painting rollers, substantially as described.

6. In the manufacture of lincrusta and like embossed material, the combination of ai heated table over which a webn of backing is caused to travel while'litreeives the material to be embossed, a 'pair ofc pressure rollers between which said backing and material to be embossed pass in order to" be formed into a sheet of the requisite thickness, an embossing roller for embossing said material, an adjustable bearing for saidembossin roller, a plurality of pairs of painting ro lers, one roller of each pair bearing on its surface a facsimile of the part ofthe embossed pattern that is to be painted thereby, means for re- -volving said painting rollers at the same surface speed as that of the embossingrroller,

means for supplying the paint or color to each pair of said painting rollers, and means for winding the embossed and painted material into a roll substantiall as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses this 9th day of July, 1904.

FREDERlCK WALTON. lvitnesses:

l. RUOLI., G. B. HAMILTON. 

